The Confusion Volume Two of The Baroque Cycle

Neal Stephenson

eBook - 2009

In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves — including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack — devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues — a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ... nay, gold ... nay, legendary gold.In Europe, the exquisite and resourceful Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, is stripped of her immense personal fortune by France's most dashing privateer. Penniless and at risk from those who desire either her or her head (or both), she is caught up in a web of international intrigue, even as she desperately seeks the return of her most precious possession.Meanwhile, Newton and Leibniz continue to propound their grand theories as their infamous ri...valry intensifies, stubborn alchemy does battle with the natural sciences, dastardly plots are set in motion ... and Daniel Waterhouse seeks passage to the Massachusetts colony in hopes of escaping the madness into which...

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HarperCollins
Language
English
Main Author
Neal Stephenson
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Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size4 GB
ISBN9780061793387
Release Date10/13/2009
Kindle Book
ASINB000FC1PS4
Release Date10/13/2009
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780061793387
Release Date10/13/2009